Trump Mocked After Mexico's President Blows Up His Brag About Their Call

Donald Trump appeared to supply alternative facts on Wednesday about his name with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and was swiftly rebutted by the leader herself, prompting mockery on social media.

In a submit on Truth Social, the president-elect declared that Sheinbaum had “agreed to cease Migration via Mexico, and into america, successfully closing our Southern Border.”

Shortly afterwards, Sheinbaum posted on X, previously often called Twitter, in regards to the dialog, saying, “we reiterate that Mexico’s place is to not shut borders, however to construct bridges between governments and communities.”

Each leaders characterised the decision as optimistic. The 2 spoke after Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 25% tax on all merchandise coming into the nation from Canada and Mexico as quickly as he takes workplace. He additionally vowed a ten% tariff on items from China.

Trump stated the tariffs would stay in place till “such time as Medication, specifically Fentanyl, and all Unlawful Aliens cease this Invasion of our Nation!”

The incident was considerably paying homage to Trump’s claim in 2016 that he would make Mexico pay for “100%” of a proposed wall on the U.S. border. Peña Nieto, Mexico’s president on the time, declined. Mexico did not pay.

Social media customers sarcastically celebrated Trump’s fictional victory.

“All it took was one name. Donny offers,” journalist Sam Stein posted on the platform.

Mike Nellis, a former aide to Vice President Kamala Harris, said “Trump thinks he satisfied the President of Mexico to cease all migration throughout the border LOL.”

Olivia Troye, a former Trump White Home official, supplied a “translation” for the Republican’s phrases.

“Simply had a dialog with the President of Mexico who didn’t permit me to bully her, which left me confused about my appeal…she identified that that is very dangerous…very dangerous for me if I do these tariffs…” she posted on X.

Take a look at a few of the reactions under.

Trump making a faux disaster with Mexico over faux tariff threats solely to settle it in trade for faux concessions throughout a vacation week when he’s not even in workplace but is a reminder of how exhausting-yet-boring 4 full years of this might be.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 28, 2024

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And identical to that, Trump will declare credit score for your complete final 12 months of Mexico’s crackdown on migrants. And thousands and thousands of individuals will lap it up. https://t.co/K3d3m1Fs3A

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) November 28, 2024